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CHATSWORTH HOOCH CAUSES ONE DEATH, ANOTHER ILL

from New Jersey Courier 8 Feb 1924 Whiskey, of the Chatsworth "block and fall" variety, is blamed for the death of William Chamberlain, 68 years old, cranberry picker on the bogs of the Applegate Land and Improvement Company near Chatsworth. The man died at his home after being stricken on Sunday morning. It was said by Chatsworth residents that he had been in a drunken party the night before. Another man is seriously ill from th effects of some of the same hooch, Chatsworth residents say. He is Harry Anderson, another cranberry picker, who is well known in that vicinity. Chamberlain is survived by a widow [....illegible...] unfortunate that bootlegging around Chatsworth has been rampant for some time, and it is expected that action will be taken to clean up that vicinity.